December Light Blue Steel Keepsake

Pale blue, close to the color of a winter sky, covers this small steel keepsake from the lid to the base. It is a rounded form about five eighths of an inch in every direction, which is smaller than most people picture when they read the word urn. The lid screws down onto a threaded neck.

Buy this one knowing what it is: a token vessel for a pinch of ashes, meant to be one of several. Families often order four or five so each grandchild has one, with the full set of ashes kept elsewhere. It travels well in a pocket or a purse and needs no stand to sit upright.

• Screw top; turn it firmly by hand, no tool needed.
• Steel body, so it will not chip the way a ceramic keepsake can.
• Rounded on every face, so there is no flat side to set a label or a stand against.